Historic Sites I Visited in Researching 'Victor! The Final Battle of Ulysses S. Grant'

A photo of me and my son, David, visiting the Cold Harbor Battlefield in 2019 while doing research for Victor! The Final Battle of Ulysses S. Grant.

My interest in the final two years in the life of Ulysses S. Grant began sometime in the 1990s when I first viewed ‘The Civil War’ by Ken Burns. I am thankful to Ken Burns, along with writers Ric Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward, for setting me on this path of discovery. Living in Virginia during those years, I began a tradition of visiting Civil War battlefields that continues to this day.

My thanks and gratitude to the amazing battlefield guides and expert staff at the following battlefields, museums, national parks, and historical sites that I have visited while doing research on Ulysses S. Grant and the Civil War:

• American Civil War Museum – Historic Tredegar, Richmond, Virginia
  

• U.S. Grant Birthplace Historic Site, Point Pleasant, Ohio
  

• U.S. Grant Boyhood Home and Schoolhouse, Georgetown, Ohio
  

• White Haven: Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Grantwood Village, Missouri

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• Missouri Civil War Museum at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri
  

• U.S. Grant Cottage State Historic Site, Wilton, New York

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• Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi
  

• Ulysses S. Grant Home Historic Site, 3 East 66th Street, New York, New York
  

• Ulysses S. Grant Cottage Historic Site, 995 Ocean Avenue, Long Branch, New Jersey
  

• The Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia
  

• Cold Harbor Battlefield and Visitor Center, Mechanicsville, Virginia
  

• Fort Harrison Battlefield and Visitor Center, Richmond, VA 23231
  

• Gaines' Mill Battlefield, Mechanicsville, Virginia
  

• Malvern Hill Battlefield, Richmond, Virginia
  

• Glendale National Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
  

• Seven Pines National Cemetery, Sandston, Virginia
  

• Grant’s Headquarters, City Point Historical Site, Hopewell, Virginia
  

• Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
  

• Petersburg National Battlefield & Visitor Center, Prince George, Virginia
  

• Pamplin Historical Park, Petersburg, Virginia
  

• Five Forks National Battlefield, Dinwiddie County, Virginia
  

• Battle of High Bridge Historic Site, Prince Edward and Cumberland County, Virginia
  

• Sailor’s Creek Battlefield Historical State Park, Rice, Virginia
  

• Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Appomattox, Virginia
  

• Bennett Place Civil War Surrender Historic Site, Hillsborough, North Carolina
  

• Bermuda Hundred Historic Site, Chester, Virginia
  

• Fort Monroe National Monument, Fort Monroe / Hampton, Virginia
  

• The USS Monitor Center at The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia
  

• Yorktown Battlefield Historic Site, Yorktown, Virginia
  

• Williamsburg Civil War Battlefield Historic Site, Williamsburg, Virginia
  

• Cedar Creek Battlefield Historic Site, Middletown, Virginia
  

• Fort Donelson National Battlefield, Dover, Tennessee
  

• Dover Hotel, Fort Donelson National Battlefield, Dover, Tennessee
  

• Chancellorsville Battlefield, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
  

• Wilderness Battlefield, Spotsylvania, Virginia
  

• Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
  

• Fredericksburg Battlefield, Fredericksburg, Virginia
  

• Spotsylvania Battlefield, Spotsylvania, Virginia
  

• Lookout Mountain / Chattanooga Battlefield Visitor's Center, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
  

• Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center, Fort Oglethorpe, GA
  

• Shiloh National Military Park, Shiloh, Tennessee
  

• Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
  

• Grand Gulf Military State Park - Fort Wade, Port Gibson, Mississippi
  

• Raymond Military Park, Raymond, Mississippi
  

• The Mark Twain House & Museum, Hartford, Connecticut
  

• Eastern Flank Battle Field Park, Franklin, Tennessee
  

• Battle of Nashville Monument Park, Nashville, Tennessee
  

• Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Cobb County/Atlanta Metro, Georgia
  

• Fort Sumter National Monument, Charleston, South Carolina
  

• Fort Moultrie National Monument, Charleston, South Carolina
  

• Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
  

• Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland
  

• Manassas National Battlefield Park (Battle of Bull Run), Manassas, Virginia
  

• National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  

• Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA
  

• Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site, Boyle County, Kentucky

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